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continuum
noun(con-tin-u-um)
a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees
continuum
noun(con-tin-u-um)
the set of real numbers including both the rationals and the irrationals; broadly : a compact set which cannot be separated into two sets neither of which contains a limit point of the other
continuum
noun(con-tin-u-um)
a system of one temporal and three spatial coordinates by which any physical object or event can be located —called also space-time continuum
continuum
noun(con-tin-u-um)
the whole or a portion of physical reality determinable by a usually four-dimensional coordinate system; also : the properties characteristic of such an order

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